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Identity Statements and Conversationally Salient Content

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2014

PETER ALWARD
PETER ALWARD*
Affiliation:
University of Saskatchewan
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Abstract

In this paper, I argue that viewing Frege’s puzzle through a semantic lens results in the rejection of solutions to it on irrelevant grounds. As a result, I develop a solution to it that rests on a non-semantic sense of context-sensitivity. And I apply this picture to Frege’s puzzle when it arises through the use of identity statements designed to establish that distinct speakers are talking about the same thing.

Dans cet article, je soutiens que considérer le puzzle de Frege à travers une lentille sémantique conduit à rejeter des solutions pour des motifs non pertinents. Par conséquent, je développe une solution à ce problème qui repose sur un sens non-sémantique de la sensibilité au contexte. J'applique cette solution à l'énigme de Frege lorsqu’elle surgit à travers l'utilisation d’énoncés d’identité visant à établir que des locuteurs distincts parlent de la même chose.

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Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , March 2015 , pp. 121 - 138
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Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 2015 

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